50.6900° N, 3.1817° E
ROUBAIX
Most Famous People Born in Roubaix, France
- Notable people
- 312
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1931
- Most distinctive
- Business 2.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Roubaix during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Roubaix Is Known For
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Politician is Roubaix's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (44).
Roubaix over-indexes on business — 2.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Roubaix's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Bernard Arnault
Born 1949
Georges Delerue
1925 - 1992
Arnaud Desplechin
Born 1960
Pierre Pflimlin
1907 - 2000
Stanislas Dehaene
Born 1965
Viviane Romance
1912 - 1991
Yvonne Furneaux
Born 1928
Anthony Knockaert
Born 1991
Maxence Van der Meersch
1907 - 1951
Laurent Tirard
Born 1967
Arnaud Tournant
Born 1978
Étienne Chatiliez
Born 1952
Louis Loucheur
1872 - 1931
Antoine Roussel
Born 1989
Pierre Jansen
1930 - 2015
Karima Delli
Born 1979
Martial Mbandjock
Born 1985
Gérard Mulliez
Born 1931
Claude Meillassoux
1925 - 2005
Roger Auque
1956 - 2014
Gustave Nadaud
1820 - 1893
Charles Crupelandt
1886 - 1955
Idir Ouali
Born 1988
Jean-Baptiste Lebas
1878 - 1944
Jenny Clève
Born 1930
Jean-Joseph Weerts
1846 - 1927
Chantal Ladesou
Born 1948
Alain Bondue
Born 1959
Léon Mathot
1886 - 1968
Moussa Niakhaté
Born 1996
Jean Alavoine
1888 - 1943
Christoffer Mafoumbi
Born 1994
Christophe Landrin
Born 1977
Karim Laghouag
Born 1975
Marie Desplechin
Born 1959
Jean Prouvost
1885 - 1978
Georges Verriest
1909 - 1985
Fantine Lesaffre
Born 1994
Antoine Arnault
Born 1977
Maurice Nédoncelle
1905 - 1976
Gradur
Born 1990
Daouda Sow (boxer)
Born 1983
Bruno Masure
Born 1947
Jean-Luc Brunin
Born 1951
Philippe Lefebvre (organiste)
Born 1949
René Libeer
1934 - 2006
Alex Türk
Born 1950
Marguerite Dupire
1920 - 2015
Octave Merlier
1897 - 1976
Marie-Christine Blandin
Born 1952
Raymond Guiot
Born 1930
Seïd Khiter
Born 1985
Michel Dens
1911 - 2000
Raymond Schmittlein
1904 - 1974
Georges Beaucourt
1912 - 2002
Nicolas Charbonnier
Born 1981
Yanette Delétang-Tardif
1902 - 1976
Agnès Guillemot
1931 - 2005
Henri Padou
1898 - 1981
Benoît Duquesne
1957 - 2014
Boris (singer)
Born 1965
Roger Delmotte
Born 1925
David Coulibaly
Born 1978
Raymond Dubly
1893 - 1988
Ahmed Touba
Born 1998
Jacques Carette
Born 1947
Henri Hazebrouck
1877 - 1948
Jules Feller
1859 - 1940
Frédéric Zigante
Born 1961
Prudent Joye
1913 - 1980
Robert Diligent
1924 - 2014
Michel Décaudin
1919 - 2004
Émile Delchambre
1875 - 1958
Emmanuelle Cuau
Born 1964
Henri Verdun
1895 - 1977
Dimitri Houbron
Born 1991
Philippe Depreux
Born 1967
Auguste Isaac
1849 - 1938
Pierre Pierrard
1920 - 2005
Nabil Lasmari
Born 1978
André Diligent
1919 - 2002
Vianney Mulliez
Born 1963
Bernard Amadei
Born 1954
Michel Breistroff
1971 - 1996
Adolphe Assi
1841 - 1886
Saoussen Boudiaf
Born 1993
Louis Bossut
1873 - 1917
Robert Jonckhèere
1888 - 1974
Pierre Wibaux
1858 - 1913
Gaston Naessens
1924 - 2018
Christine Hennion
Born 1955
Dominique Mulliez
Born 1952
Olivier Henno
Born 1962
Émile Sartorius
1883 - 1933
Bruno Devoldère
1948 - 2008
Manon Hostens
Born 1994
Pierre Dréossi
Born 1959
Saïda Jawad
Born 1973
André François (footballer)
1886 - 1915
Ivan Renar
Born 1937
Pierrick Gunther
Born 1989
Jacques Pollet
1922 - 1997
Charles Gadenne
1925 - 2012
Jules Gressier
1897 - 1960
Fernand Carton
1921 - 2019
Saïd Bouamama
Born 1958
Lionel Dumont
Born 1971
Gérard Vachonfrance
1933 - 2008
Katrien Delavier
1961 - 1998
Philippe Deschepper
Born 1949
Roger Carré
1921 - 1996
Charles Renaux
1885 - 1971
Ariane Borg
1915 - 2007
Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux
1910 - 1999
Pierre Fromont
1925 - 2015
Zahia Dahmani
Born 1972
Arthur Van Hecke
1924 - 2003
Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin
Born 1900
Gérard Vignoble
Born 1945
Dominique Lefebvre
Born 1956
Pierre Danel
1902 - 1966
Marguerite Tiberghien
Born 1926
Georges Malfait
1878 - 1946
Alfred Motté
1887 - 1918
André Renaux
1882 - 1924
David Deroo
Born 1985
Éric Debarbieux
Born 1953
Luc Dormieux
Born 1960
Jules Dumont
1888 - 1943
Fatiha Ouali
Born 1974
Jean-Yves Caullet
Born 1957
Francis Pollet
Born 1964
Gérard Isbecque
1897 - 1970
Pierre Pribetich
Born 1956
François Dermaut
1949 - 2020
Gaby Verlor
1921 - 2005
Raymond Wattine
1895 - 1937
Julien Verbrugghe
1889 - 1916
Fabrice Desplechin
Born 1963
Eugène Motte (homme politique, 1860-1932)
1860 - 1932
Anny Gould
1920 - 2013
Philippe Mayaux
Born 1961
Alain Buisine
1949 - 2009
Maxime Courby
Born 1990
Luc Barney
1916 - 1991
Philippe Barraqué
Born 1954
Jean-Christian Lang
Born 1950
Yves Verwaerde
1947 - 2015
Icham Mouissi
Born 1982
Albert de Jaeger
1908 - 1992
Wladyslaw Znorko
1958 - 2013
Mehdi Nemmouche
Born 1985
Lucid Beausonge
Born 1954
Sarah Hanffou
Born 1986
Gustave Ansart
1923 - 1990
Gauthier Toulemonde
Born 1959
Aliou Dia
Born 1990
Lakhdar Belaïd
Born 1964
Emmanuelle Bouquillon
Born 1961
Cyrille Grimpret
1876 - 1967
Norbert Van Caeneghem
Born 1912
Olga Lord
1910 - 1985
Charles ab der Halden
1873 - 1962
Jean-Louis Brochen
Born 1944
Gérard Farasse
1945 - 2014
Jean Desbouvrie
1847 - 1896
Isabelle Strunc
Born 1991
Sébastien Boucksom
Born 1976
Claude Talpaert
1924 - 2016
Bruno Druart
Born 1954
Pierre Herman
1910 - 1990
François Bart
Born 1948
Hubert Colin de Verdière
Born 1941
Jacques-Olivier Paviot
Born 1976
Kaddour Hadadi
Born 1976
Maxime (humoriste)
Born 1966
Mallory Steux
Born 1988
Jean de Beer
1911 - 1995
Alphonse Buisine
1856 - 1918
Théodore Vienne
1864 - 1921
Rabah Soudani
Born 1985
Paul Brunbrouck
1926 - 1954
Henri-Victor Lesur
1863 - 1900
Louis Vasseur
1885 - 1968
Fernand Devlaminck
1932 - 2003
Édouard Devernay
1889 - 1952
Michel Nozière
Born 1949
Paul Dupin
1865 - 1949
Jean Antunès
Born 1968
Dorothée Benoit Browaeys
Born 1959
Georges Dejagere
1879 - 1955
Pierre Prouvost
1931 - 2013
Thierry Pauchant
Born 1954
Victor Desmet
1919 - 2018
Henri Carette
1846 - 1911
Jacques Leenaert
1921 - 2004
Roger Van Mullem
1914 - 1984
Djamel Haroun
Born 1983
Eugène Duthoit
1869 - 1944
Réda Rabeï
Born 1994
Léon du Bus de Warnaffe
1866 - 1938
Louis Baucarne-Leroux
1817 - 1888
Ghislain Muller
Born 1950
Stéphane Rondelaere
Born 1971
Reynald Debaets
Born 1967
Mehdi Makhloufi
Born 1978
Bruno Lecluse
Born 1961
Alain Salzman
Born 1962
Jean Asselbergs
1928 - 2015
Amédée Prouvost (1877-1909)
1877 - 1909
Jacques Nys
1943 - 2018
Gonzague Olivier
1921 - 2013
Alain Raës
Born 1947
Frédéric Coudron
Born 1976
Valdo Durrleman
1910 - 1944
Bastien Lamon
Born 1981
Gilles Delafon
Born 1960
Ferdinand Bonnel
1865 - 1945
Pierre Delmar
Born 1938
Silas Broux
1867 - 1957
Nadège Loiseau
Born 1977
Constantin-Achille Descat
1812 - 1878
Jean Sunny
1930 - 2007
Tela Tchaï
1909 - 1993
Jean-Robert de Cavel
Born 1961
Albert Callewaert
1888 - 1957
Maxime Dillies
Born 1984
Alain Tirloit
Born 1958
Olivier Leclercq
Born 1964
Louis-Joseph Descat
1800 - 1869
Fanny Bouyagui
Born 1960
Anne-Sophie Roquette
Born 1963
Areski Bakir
Born 1963
Joseph Dubar
1899 - 1960
Paul Sartorius
1912 - 2002
Georges Louis Germain
1877 - 1954
Maurice Salembier
1929 - 2008
Yero Dia
Born 1982
Eugène Motte (homme politique, 1910-1983)
1910 - 1983
Édouard Dupire-Rozan
1842 - 1914
Pierre Alleene
Born 1909
Gaston Coquel
1901 - 1983
Achille Scrépel
1822 - 1899
Alain Faugaret
1938 - 2016
Julien Lagache
1837 - 1902
Pascal Sergent
Born 1958
Jules Joire
1914 - 1944
Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois du Jura
1831 - 1900
Juliette Watine
Born 1988
Eugène Mathon
1860 - 1935
Édouard Roussel
1890 - 1965
Henri Garçon
1866 - 1944
Charles-Henry Bizard
1887 - 1954
Michèle Blumenthal
Born 1943
Jules Derégnaucourt
1821 - 1876
Bernard Carton
Born 1948
Claire Meynial
Born 1976
Louis Motte-Bossut
1817 - 1883
Sébastien Landrin
Born 1979
Marie Berton-Maire
Born 1868
Claire Olivier-Tiberghien
1906 - 1987
Pierrot de Lille
Born 1948
Jean Leclercq (écrivain)
1906 - 1981
Michel Vandamme
1930 - 2011
Charles-André Poissonnier
1897 - 1938
Joseph Puccar
Born 1932
Claire Heyman
1902 - 1997
Jean-Luc Duez
1949 - 2017
Fabien Waksman
Born 1980
Jules Duquesne
1910 - 1973
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Antoine Masurel
1912 - 1990
Marcel Spender
1902 - 1999
Jean Masurel
1908 - 1991
Eugène Déplechin
1852 - 1926
Robert Vandelanoitte
1920 - 2011
Stéphane Cauterman
Born 1968
Arthur Balbaert
1879 - 1938
Amand Duforest
1890 - 1976
Praxille Gydé
Born 1908
Léon Lierman
1889 - 1956
Achille Werquin
1834 - 1891
Jean Duforest
Born 1946
Pierre-Emmanuel Prouvost d’Agostino
Born 1968
Eddy Caullery
Born 1956
André Loucheur
1916 - 1998
Colette Goossens
Born 1942
Gaël Vandaele
Born 1982
Pierre Sulmon
Born 1932
Théodore Leuridan
1860 - 1939
Freddy Saelens
Born 1981
Georges Wauters
Born 1904
Antoine Cordonnier
1892 - 1918
Élie Bourgois
1881 - 1946
Pierre-Joseph Locufier
1765 - 1830
Dalila Boukerma
Born 1975
Paul Destombes
1850 - 1919
Raymond Demey
1902 - 1944
Fernand Weerts
1890 - 1951
Martin Le Pellec
Born 1987